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  In May, tensions between the US and its trading partners reversed the upward trend seen in equity markets since the beginning of this year. Safe haven investments, in turn, gained ground.

  With little in the way of news coming from the central banks and few new developments in Brexit or the trade negotiations between the US and China, in April all the attention was on company results.

 Rapport de gestion 2018 et publication des fonds propres

  The most striking trend of the past month is the sharp decline in bond yields. Our expert, Johan Gallopyn, analyzes the events on the bond market and also looks at developments on the equity, currency and commodity markets.

  The sharp rise in stock markets in January continued into February. Our expert, Alexandre Gauthy, examines the events that impacted stock, bond, currency and commodity markets last month.  

  After December 2018, the weakest month for equity markets in almost a decade, January closed off as one of the better months in recent years.

   Equities performed very weakly in December, resulting in a year which posted a loss overall. Our expert, Johan Gallopyn, takes stock of the previous month and the year 2018 in terms of the equity, bond, currency and commodity markets.

   November was a rollercoaster month for the financial markets. Our expert, Alexandre Gauthy, examines the events of the month that had a direct impact on stock, bond, currency and commodity markets.

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  Besides ‘traditional’ topics such as the trade conflict and Brexit, the currency depreciation raging in a number of emerging markets and the Italian budget saga defined the fortunes of equity, fixed-income and currency markets.

After a turbulent start to the month - the trade dispute - the markets ended up in calmer waters. The equity markets were able to close July with clear profit in all regions.

The resurgence of the trade dispute, central banks, Italy, OPEC, etc. - numerous events affected the market in June. Our expert, Johan Gallopyn, outlines the implications for the equity, bond and currency markets over the past month.